Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City